Mickey Burnim

Submitted by meg0307 on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 3:16pm
Graduation Year: 
'72

Mickey Burnim, Adelphi, MD :: served as interim president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Burnim previously served as president of Bowie State University and oversaw an increase in regional and national recognition, the addition of majors in cybersecurity and information technology, three new building openings, and an increase in enrollment and graduation. He previously served as chancellor of Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, N.C. and provost and vice president for academic affairs at North Carolina Central University. He was North Texas' first African American student senate president, first African American member of Talons, and one of the first African American residents of West Hall, the first men's dorm to be desegregated. He also was vice president of USNT and president of this junior class.